Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.

This Jersey-born frosty drink is now a Rhode Island favorite.

Ground nuts provide the base for this warm, caffeine-free drink.

This is one seriously polarizing pie.

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

The Mexican fungal delicacy that makes corn taste like a mushroom.

One of the world's least-loved liquors calls Chicago home.

Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares. 

This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.

This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

Turning this cocktail into a fluffy cloud is easy—just hire someone to shake it for 12 minutes straight. 

Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.

Belgium's stew of beef and abbey-style ale is essentially bourguignon for beer lovers.

You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.

These seasonal brews gets made with an ephemeral ingredient.

This Hungarian fried dough can make a rich breakfast or trusty hangover cure.

Make like a 19th-century Belgian miner and cool off with this refreshing ale.

This lager, once considered the strongest beer in the world, is brewed only on Saint Nicholas's Day.